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Torchlight XBLA Pushes Torchlight II To July

Runic's CEO reckons we'll have to wait a bit longer for co-op dungeon-crawling action on the PC.

Don’t expect Torchlight II to hit the market until later this summer. In a conversation with Digital Spy, Runic CEO Max Schaefer said that the ongoing development of Torchlight for Xbox Live Arcade has caused a slight delay on the development of Torchlight II, pushing the title back to a July release instead of its projected Spring date.

“I’d say that the Xbox project, having to do the extra work with the interface, has pushed us back a little bit, so we’re probably talking July right now for Torchlight II.” Runic has been proudly pumping up its effort on the UI and control front on the console port of the game, believing it can deliver a native-like experience. 
 

  
The good news, as Rock, Paper, Shotgun points out, is that Torchlight XBLA's development will ultimately improve Torchlight II on the PC. “It’s going great, however. We’ve actually got some optimizations and technical improvements that went into making the Xbox version that we’ve been able to go back and implement into Torchlight II for PC,” Schaefer said later.

Delay or not, we're willing to bet Torchlight II will still debut before Diablo III does.    

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Dam consoles ruining a good PC game again! Oh well. Between Dragon Age 2 and the new Dawn of War 2 expansion I should be good for awhile.

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@Winsord said:
" " Delay or not, we're willing to bet Torchlight II will still debut before Diablo III does. "  What makes you think a thing like that? ;) "
Surprised there are close comparisons being made about both theses games in terms of quality. Remember Brad couldn't decide which he was more excited for?.. seems like Diablo would be a no brain for me?
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It's ok. I'm sure that Torchlight II will continue to still be exactly like Diablo.

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Unlike most i think this is a great idea.  They obviously are taking their time on a port so it wont be crappy, and they are making more improvements on 2 with also is good.  Also will be able to play through 1 before 2 gets here.  Win win i think.

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@wolf_blitzer85 said:
" @mazik765 said:
" @OmegaPirate said:
" Inb4 "console babies ruining the master race"
Oh no! You jinxed it! There's no stopping those tools now, they'll be here any minute T_T "
720p is for bitches.  "
Yessssssssssss
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oh well as long as it is for the best!

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Lame!  I was really wanting to play this with my brother soon.

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Sweet, I guess I'll pick it up after BMT for the cheap now.

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This seems like a crappy trade, but if it will improve the PC version then...i dont know

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Don't know if it is because of Torchlight's PC roots, but both articles on here have been full of whining and asinine conspiracy theories. I don't get it. I bought Torchlight on PC. I'll buy it again on XBLA. I'll probably get Torchlight 2 on both platforms assuming they port it to XBLA eventually. Not like these downloadable games are expensive or even releasing near the same time. People need to chill.

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@OmegaPirate said:
"Any word on whether ps3 is getting a port? "
It's being published by Microsoft, so most likely not.  Though I wouldn't completely rule it out. 
 
As for the delay..  Can't say I'm too bothered, I had no idea the game was supposed to be arriving before then and we're already pretty full with games during March-April.
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Cool i'm gonna push my day one purchase to December.

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I'm not particularly happy with a delay... but I do have plenty to keep me busy so I'll take it when it's good and done.

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@mazik765 said:
" @OmegaPirate said:
" Inb4 "console babies ruining the master race"
Oh no! You jinxed it! There's no stopping those tools now, they'll be here any minute T_T "
720p is for bitches. 
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A mention of RPS on Giantbomb. My two favorite things in one place!

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@CrazyChris said:

" @OmegaPirate said:

" Any word on whether ps3 is getting a port? "
For the first game? Not by the look of things.  For the second game? No word yet for either console. "
Sad face :( - ah well, 360 version it is ^_^
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Whatever...I have plenty of games to play until then anyway :p

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@OmegaPirate said:
" Inb4 "console babies ruining the master race"
Oh no! You jinxed it! There's no stopping those tools now, they'll be here any minute T_T
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@OmegaPirate said:
" Any word on whether ps3 is getting a port? "
For the first game? Not by the look of things.
 
For the second game? No word yet for either console.
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Last gameplay shot is them catching a fish... 
Riveting!

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Well then, I'm not buying XBLA Torchlight because I know that they've pushed Torchlight II back so that they can make some money on us buying Torchlight instead of Torchlight II.

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Inb4 "console babies ruining the master race" 
 
Sweiously though, im kind of okay with this, i really wanted a console port of Torchlight, and if the 2 were to release side by side? oversaturation! 
 
Any word on whether ps3 is getting a port?

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I'm okay with this delay, because i'm still enjoying the first torchlight on a 3rd playthrough with the last class.

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@Winsord said:
" " Delay or not, we're willing to bet Torchlight II will still debut before Diablo III does. "  What makes you think a thing like that? ;) "
If they don't well... They are kinda screwed.
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FUCKERS!

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" Delay or not, we're willing to bet Torchlight II will still debut before Diablo III does. " 
 
What makes you think a thing like that? ;)

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Surprise surprise........

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Don’t expect Torchlight II to hit the market until later this summer. In a conversation with Digital Spy, Runic CEO Max Schaefer said that the ongoing development of Torchlight for Xbox Live Arcade has caused a slight delay on the development of Torchlight II, pushing the title back to a July release instead of its projected Spring date.

“I’d say that the Xbox project, having to do the extra work with the interface, has pushed us back a little bit, so we’re probably talking July right now for Torchlight II.” Runic has been proudly pumping up its effort on the UI and control front on the console port of the game, believing it can deliver a native-like experience. 
 

  
The good news, as Rock, Paper, Shotgun points out, is that Torchlight XBLA's development will ultimately improve Torchlight II on the PC. “It’s going great, however. We’ve actually got some optimizations and technical improvements that went into making the Xbox version that we’ve been able to go back and implement into Torchlight II for PC,” Schaefer said later.

Delay or not, we're willing to bet Torchlight II will still debut before Diablo III does.